Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Bones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end.

Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't trust: the new guy at school—a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. . . on her.

Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all out soon—she'll be next.

Why I Can't Wait To Read This:

That synopsis should be enough of a reason - I mean, wow! Bones meets Fringe? With a bit of 21 Jump Street thrown in for kicks? I'm always on the lookout for YA books that seem to deviate from the normal YA books, and this sounds like it may be right up my alley. Plus, YA fiction could really use more paranormal mystery/suspense/thrillers.

What do you guys think?

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I've been seeing a lot of "darker" YA picks today... and I kind of love it... and that makes me sound a little creepy but I've been in the mood for more thriller-ish, creepy-ish books, so this is kind of perfect. I'm definitely going to be picking this one up when it's released!

Meet Kimberly...

I'm a 29-year-old bibliophile, a proud nerdfighter, and a comic book fanatic. I love listening to podcasts of The Bobby Bones Show and Welcome To Night Vale, I find that things are more interesting if there are zombies involved, and I'm always on the hunt for the next greatest song to add to my soundtrack.